In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
